Lloydia serotina : Alp Lily

Scientific Name:

Kingdom: Plantae

Division:

• Tracheophyta (vascular)
• Spermatophyta (seed bearing)
Angiospermae (enclosed seed)

Class: Monocoteldonae (one seed-leaf)

Family: Liliaceae (Lily Family)

Genera: Lloydia (Alp Lily) (Named for Edward Lloyd, director of the Oxford Mueseum.)

Species: serotina (Lat. sero = sow or plant)

English Name(s):

Alp Lily,

First Nation Names:

Structure:

• Bulb small, oblong, fibrous-coated.
• Erect stems, with 1-4 leafy bracts, 5-20cm high.

Leaves:

• Mostly basal, narrow and grasslike, about half as long as the stems.

Reproductive Parts:

• Corolla (petals) is pale cream, delicately pink-flushed below and purple-veined above, with the mid-vein prominent.
• Flowers mostly solitary, about 12mm wide.

Seed:

Not to Be Confused With:

• Claytonia tuberosa (Spring beauty)

Physiology:

• Herbaceous

Life Cycle:

• Perennial

Seasonal Cycle:

• Finished blooming by mid-July.

Animal Uses:

Habitat:

• Alpine or subarctic

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